I'm my experience they do not understand. I don't think any fluent person unless someone they know has struggled can overcome the ignorance fluent people enjoy. (This comment turned into a VENT hopefully this is the place. I truly value the sharing I can do here. Other forums are all ads for devices and books.) I know SLP did not work for my stutter and that gave me zero interest in getting I to SLP to help others. I would never want to put anyone through that waste of time that was ultimately a waste of my childhood. It crushed my spirit and stunted my growth as a human being. All these fluent people telling me if I just did it right it would work. I want to take a moment to recognize all the stutterers who just decided to clam up. Those who just cannot see themselves as whole. Even those who just couldn't go on. This absolutely wears us down. My self deprecating sarcasm has been my saving grace. It's the only charm I have and I earned it! Humor is my refuge and I am glad I reclaimed it from early bullies. I never felt sympathy from any SLP when I struggled, just their feeling like it should be working why isn't this one responding. Like I was a broken toy they had to fix to get to grad school. (Because... I was! They were all going on to honorable jobs curing lisps and rehabbing stroke survivors. Not repeating and repeating.) I never felt any sense like they knew the futility I felt because they were so bored. (I served my time in speech therapy age 3-15 and nothing was as freeing as realizing the speecheasy was garbage and I'll just never be fluent. Removing the expectations on myself actually increases the likelihood I can get through that interaction without making a block face.